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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Brian: Sorry to hear that your =
Victor experience
was probably worse that mine! Maybe there is some way we can grab =
the
tuning hammer with both hands and play the notes with our =
feet!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Regards, Stephen</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original =
Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
</B>Brian Holden <<A
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href="mailto:bholden@wave.co.nz">bholden@wave.co.nz</A>><BR><B>To:
</B>Pianotech Forum <<A
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href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Date:
</B>Wednesday, 24 November 1999 10:20 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Victor
Pianos<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The last time I tuned a Victor =
piano was on
the morning of the day my mother died, so that piano has bad =
memories for
me. I knew she was very ill and I had decided to get this last =
tuning
in before going up to the hospital to see her. What was =
intended to be
an hour or so ended up being two or so (seemed like six). I =
swear that
piano was the most difficult (new) instrument I have ever tuned in =
my
life. The tuning pins were so tight, it was almost as they =
were
designed to be permanently fixed into the pinblock. I went =
away from
that job feeling absolutely whacked! This story is absolutely
true. I guess the little beast is due for another tuning (of
<EM>course</EM> it will be - it's been over two years!). =
Somehow the
customer card did not find its way back into the reminder file, in =
fact it
seems to have genuinely gone missing altogether. That's a =
shame.
Legend has it, that the piano was named "Victor" because =
it was
designed to get the better of technicians. It darned near
succeeded. Brian Holden, upside down in New =
Zealand.
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